Times 26392 – at least all the little squares are on the grid

Solving time : 10:54, and since I’ve already been to a show and had three pints, I’m going to call that pretty good. Not sure if anyone else had the same problem, but when I tried to print yesterday’s pdf file of the championship crossword, it came out with a bunch of little squares where characters should be. Maybe if I send it in with all of that the Times people will be so impressed I’ll be allowed to compete.

Anyhoo, I’m currently fourth on the timer, with two blog regulars and a setter I’ve had a beer with ahead of me, so I don’t think that there is too much scary stuff here, besides a few crafty definitions.

Away we go…

Across
1	FELDSPAR: sounds like FELLED SPAR
9	INTAGLIO: anagram of TOILING and A(way)
10	JUST: reference to the Edgar Wallace novel The Four Just Men
11	CHAISE LONGUE: anagram of ON,ALICE’S,HUGE
13	STRATI: hidden in moST RATIng
14	LANGUISH: (fee)L, ANGUISH
15	BRICKIE: BRICK(good bloke), I.E. – got this from the wordplay – a course is a line of bricks on the same level in a building
16	LORINER: OR in LINER – another from wordplay, a horse-harness maker, something a 19th-century guidance counsellor might recommend for those who weren’t inclined to fletching or cooping
20	RESISTED: SISTE(r) in the RED
22	T,HATCH
23	COUNTER-CLAIM: I in CLAM(seafood) next to COUNTER(bar)
25	IOWA: A(from) with IOW(Isle of Wight) Edit: as pointed out in comments, it is IONA with the N changed to W
26	G,AD,ABOUT
27	EASTERLY: ASTER in ELY
Down
2	EMULATOR: EMU(flightless bird) and what sounds like LATER
3	DUTCH AUCTION: my old DUTCH (wife) then ACTION surrounding U
4	PAGANINI: PANINI(itlaian bread) surrounding A,G(note)
5	RISSOLE: I’S,S in ROLE
6	STOLEN: STOLLEN(German bread) missing an L
7	PLUG: PUG surrounding L
8	TOGETHER: EG reversed(to North) in TETHER
12	NAUTICAL MILE: cryptic definition based on a knot being a nautical mile per hour
15	BIRDCAGE: double definition based on Birdcage Walk
17	OUTRAGES: OUT(not in),RAGE(fashion),S(society)
18	ESCHEWAL: anagram of WELSH,ACE
19	EDUCATE: E and E (Europeans) around DUCAT
21	TREVOR: REV in TOR(ies)
24	UNDO: or U.N. DO